End gate



May 1, '1923. Y 1,454,003

' F. J. voNDERHARR l END GATE Filed Feb. 15. 1922 C l HHHIIII'U"Patented May 1, 1923.

unirse FRANK J. vonnnnnnnn, orenenvitnn, Iowa. r

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Application med Februar-.y 15, 1922. serial ivo-ssamm .To all whom 'itmay conc-era Be it known that lI, FRANK J. kVennen- Hann, citizen ol'the United States, residing at Granville, in the county oit SionxandState olf owa, have invented rertain new and useful Improvements in EndGates. ot which the 'following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved end gate for wagons and seeks. asone of its principal objects, to provide an Aend gate which may belocked in position while, at the saine time, the end gate may be readilyremoved.

The invention has as a further object to provide an end gate which willnot become displaced accidentally. f

`And the invention has as a still further object to provide an end'gateembodying a combined lever and latch operable for extending the end gatein active position and locking the end gate extended. v

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter. u

1n the drawing: l

Figure 1 is an elevation showing my improved end gate in connection witha conventional farm wagon7 Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View onthe line 2-.2 Iof Figure 1,` looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1,looking in the direction of the arrows, and v Figure 4 is a fragmentarysectional view showing the mounting of the extension plate of the endgate.

In carrying the invention into effect, l employ a gate body 10 uponv oneend ot which is mounted an extension plate 11, the body 10 forming onesection of the end gate and the plate 11 the other section thereof. Theplate 11 is preferably formed from a piece of suitable resilient sheetmetal bentk into substantially U-shape to freely embrace the adjacentend oi' the body 1() and formed in the body is a plurality oflongitudinally directed slots 12. At their outer ends, these slots are,as shown in detail in Figure 4, formed with longitudinally directednotches 13 and engaging at their ends in said notches are U-shapedliners 14 overlying the side walls of the slots. rihe liners 14 are,like the plate 11, also each termed from a piece of suitable sheet metaland extending through the slots and through the sides of said plate arebolts 15 slidably connecting the plate vwith the gate body. Surcoactwith said sleeves to prevent wear upon .as .en

yrounding these` bolts,.as shown in Figures the side walls of the,slots. i .r

Mounted upon the gate body near thecnd thereof opposite theplate 11. isa post 17 provided at its inner end with a stud 13 journal-ed throughthe gate body and sur--i rounding said stud is a wear plate 19 lying-g,`between `the shoulder at the base ot' the stud and the adjacent face ofthe body. At the base thereof,` the `stud is formed with a squaredportion '2O snugly fitting through the Aplate so that the 'plate willthus be `turnedwirth the post and pivoted upon the post is a combinedleve-r and latch I21. Secured to the adjacent end of the leveis aycentering studQQ. A similar stud 23 rises.

:trom the plate'19 andextending between l saidplate andthelever is aspring @il held by said studs. `As will be perceived, `the platev 19 notonly provides a vweariplate' tor the post 17 but also provides a meansft-or, n

supporting the spring 24 to 'revolve with' .the postxwhen the lever 21is swung.v Mounted uponthe gate body 10below ytliepost a segment 25 vinwhich is a' series 'otspaiced notches 26 and mounted upon the lever 21at its inner side is a block or tooth 27 selectively engageable in saidnotches. At its outer side, the lever carries a handleQS at' its freeend so that the lever may be readily through whichthe innermost pair ot'bolts 15 are engaged. Connected at one end with `the eye 30 of the bailisa rod 32, the opposite end of whichis pivotally engaged withlConnected withthe 'extension the lever 21 'for operatively connectingsaid- 1 lever with the plate 11. i y

In Figure 1 ot' the drawing, l have shown my improved end gate inconnection with a conventional farm wagon and'fas willl now be readilyunderstood in view of the preceding description', the handle 28 of thelever may be grasped when the lever may be rocked to disengage the tooththereof 'from .the segment 25 and the lever then swung for retractingthefplate 11 over the gate body l0. This done, the end gate may, ofcourse, be readily'removed or replaced. Then so replaced, the lever 2lis swung in the opposite direction to extend the plate il so that theend gate will be caused to bind between the sides of the wagon bodywhen, by releasing' the lever, the spring 24 will act thereon to engagethe tooth 2T with the segment 25 for locking the end gate in position. laccordingly provide a highly effective construction for the purpose. setforth and, as will now be perceived,l an end gate adapted ior a widerange of use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimecL as new is:

l. An end gate including slidably connected sections, a. pivotedsnvinginglever upon one of the sections operatively connected to anotherof said sections and swingingly movable in one plane lfor sliding thevlatter section, and locking` means upon the lever, the lever beingpivotally movable in another plane to operatively engagey said meanswith the first section forv holding` the lever against swingingmovement.

2. An end gate including slidably connectedsections, a pivoted swinginglever upon one of the sections operatively connected to another of saidsections and swingingly movable for sliding the latter section, lockingmeans upon the lever7 the lever being pivotally movable to operativelyengage said means with the first section for holding the lever againstswinging movement, and yieldable means acting upon the lever normallyholding the locking means operatively engaged with the iirst section.

8. An end gate including slidably conifanoos nected sections, a postmounted to turn upon one of the sections, and a lever upon the postoperatively connected to another of said sections and swingingly movablefor sliding the latter section, the lever being provided with lockingmeans and being pivoted upon the post for movement to operatively engagesaid means with the first section for locking the lever againstswinging` movement.

4e. An end gate including slidably conneet-ed sections, a post mountedto turn upon one of the sections, a. lever upon the post operativelyconnected to another of said sections and swingingly movable for slidingthe latter section, the lever being provided with locking means andbeing pivoted upon the post for movement to operatively engage saidmeans with the iirst section for locking the lever against swingingmovement,

and a spring acting upon the lever ior normally holding the lockingmeans engaged with the lirst section.

An end gate including' slidably connected sections, a post mounted toturn on one of the sections, a plate engaged with the post to turntherewith, a lever upon the post operatively connected to another ofsaid sections and swingingly movable for slidingthe latter section, thelever being provided with locking means and being pivoted upon the postior movement to operatively engage said means with the iirst section forsecuring the lever against swinging movement, and a. springbearingbetween said plate and the lever normally holding` said locking meansengaged with the first section.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

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